Machine for mounting bottles in cases



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2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J. HACK MACHINE FOR MOUNTING BOTTLES IN CASES FiledJune 9, 1938 Sept. 5, 1939.

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Patented Sept. 5, 1 939 2 1 7 E ,6

ururso smite tartar orrlea MACHINE FOR MOUNTING BOTTLES IN CASES JohannHack, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Application June 9, 1938, Serial No.212,845

1 Claim; (Cl. 22614) The main object of this invention is the pro- 30trained thereabout, this chain also being vision of a machine whichworks automatically to trained about a cog 3| on the motor shaft 25.mount filled bottles in boxes or cases, in an ef- T S e d s of e e 26are provided With ficient and safe manner, the machine being drivenraised ridges 32, and similar raised ridges are by any suitable meanssuch as an electric motor. p ided Sp e -ap from each other to ProvideThe above and other objects will become apa plurality of sections 33 oneach of which rows parent in the description below, in which charofbottles may be placed, as described below. acters of reference refer tolike-named parts in t s to be noted t at the belt 6 e n tes 0n theaccompanying drawings. its right hand side at a distance from the ledgeReferring briefly to the drawings, Figure 1 is a 15 which is slightlygreater than the diameter of 10 side elevational view of the machine,partly in the bottles 34. A horizontal slide 35, of slightly section.greater length than that of the space just men- Figure 2 is a plan Viewof the same, partly in tioned, and extending almost the full widthbesection. tween the walls I0 and II, is mounted with its Figure 3 is across-sectional view taken on the ea ed e j st ow t front edge of eapron line 3-3 of Figure 2. I5 (when the slide covers the said space oropen- Figure 4 is a cross-sectional View taken on the ing) as shown inFigures 2 and 3. This slide is line 4-4 of Figure 1. movable from thesaid position to the right to Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevational viewthe extreme position shown in Figure 5, and is showing the slide and itsassociated parts and normally urged to the former position by springsthe mechanism operating the slide. 53. On opposite side edges (that is,the edges ad- Referring in detail to the drawings, the nujacent thewalls II] and I I) of the slide, pivoted merals i0 and II represent theside walls of the links 36, extend downward, one from each said frame ofthe machine, and I2 the rear wall which side edge. Rocker arms 31 arepivotally mounted has an opening I3 therein. The side walls are at 38 tothe inside surfaces of said side walls, and joined at the rear above theopening I3 by an the upper ends of their longer arms are pivoted angularmember I4 which provides an apron I6 to the links 36. The shorter, lowerarms of the above the opening I3 and a ledge I5 extending rockers 31have each a rounded nose formed forward therefrom. The side walls may befurthereon. Below each rocker 3'! a star wheel (.0 ther braced by ties,not shown. is rotatably mounted on a shaft 4|. On one end A conveyorbelt I! extends longitudinally bef h shaf 4| a cog 42 id thereon l ntween the walls Ill and at one end it is trained mesh With the Chain Theorbit of the hose about a roller I8. From that end the b lt ex 39 ofeach rocker 31 intersects the orbit of the tends rearward through theopening I3 and at its Star Wheel The 1aItteI has three rounded rear end,not shown, it is trained about a similar teeth 43 ihterspeeed y threeSlots 44. 35 roller, not shown, since the length of th belt may A pl e45, h vin a plu y of aligned circular be as great or small as desiredbeyond the open- Ope gs 45 et g is Supported just below ing I3. At itsforward end. a loading platform the path of the slide 35 in the openingbetween ES terminates adjacent the belt I'I, onto which the belt 26 andthe ledge 5. This Plate 45 is cases which have been filled with bottlesare derigid O the D Of a frame 47 formed in the posited by the belt andfrom which they are remanner of a honeycomb to provide a plurality ofmoved by hand as they are deposited. inverted frusto-conical dependingguides 48, one A gear 26 is rigid on the end of the roller I8 Under chOpe The frame 47 is Secured and is driven intermittently by a pinion 2|which by acke s 49 t0 the apron has on its periphery three arcs of teethinter- In use, the cases 50 which are to be filled with spaced by threesmooth arcs, as shown. A cog bottles are placed one against the other onthe 22, on the same shaft as the pinion 2|, has a belt I! which carriesthem through the opening chain 23 trained thereabout, the chain beingalso I3. At the same time the bottles are placed in trained about asmaller cog 24 on a shaft 25 of spaced-apart rows on the belt 26, as,for instance, a motor, not shown. the rows indicated for convenience bythe numer- A second conveyor belt is mounted between the als 5| and 52.When the row of bottles 5| reaches walls It and H on rollers 21 and 28,above the the side 35 the center of gravity of each bottle front end ofthe belt I7 and substantially level will be moved onto the slide. Thevarious parts with the upper edges of the said walls. A cog 29 of thedevice are so harnessed together that, as is rigid on the end of theroller 28 and has a chain soon as the latter occurs, the toothed arc ofthe pinion 2| which has been in engagement with and to rest with a rowof spaces of a bottle case' directly below the openings 46 of the plate45.

While the said arc has been turning the gear 20, the nose 39 of therocker 31 has been resting in a slot 4| of the star wheel 40. As soon asthe case has thus come to rest, continued slow turning of the wheel 40will cause contact of the succeeding tooth 43 with the nose 39 and thelatter will ride up on the nose so as to swing the upper end of therocker to its extreme right hand position. Thus, the slide 35 issimilarly carried to its extreme right hand position, and the bottles inthe row 5|, which are first carried by the slide against the ledge I5,are dropped through the openings 46 and guides 48 into the row of spacesin the case. As soon as this occurs, the next toothed arc of theposition 22 will have reached engagement with the gear 20 and the beltI! will be advanced again the distance between the rows 50a and 50b ofthe bottle recesses therein, and. the operation above-described will berepeated. As soon as the nose 39 of the rocker is clear of a tooth 43,the springs 53 will pull the guide back to close position and the nosewill descend into the succeeding slot 44.

Obviously, modifications in form and structure may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the-invention.

I claim: I 7

A device of the class described comprising a housing having a conveyorbelt mounted in the lower part thereof and adapted to have bottle casesplaced thereon, a second conveyor belt mounted above said first belt andadapted to have rows of bottles placed thereon, means for moving saidbelts, a horizontal slide adapted to be moved from a position adjacentthe end of said second belt in the direction of its travel to a positionat a distance therefrom, means for normally retaining said slide in saidposition adjacent said belt, the bottles of each of said rows beingsuccessively deposited on said slide at regular intervals by said secondbelt, means for stopping movement of said first, belt and keeping thesame at rest for an interval, means for moving said slide from its saidnormal position to its said extreme position at the same time that saidfirst belt comes to rest and for retaining said slide in said extremepositionfor the same intervals as said interval of rest of said secondbelt, comprising a star wheel having rounded teeth with slots interposedtherebetween, a rocker arm pivoted near one end thereof on said housingand having a short arm on one side of said pivot and a long arm on theother side thereof, said short arm having a nose thereon lying in theorbit of said star wheel, alink pivoted at one end to said slide and atthe other end to the end or said'long arm, said belt-moving means beingconnected to said star wheel to simultaneously rotate the latter,continuous rotation of said star wheel causing alternate swinging ofsaid rocker from side to side as said nose alternately rides on one ofsaid teeth and falls into the slot following said tooth, said long armand said link when said nose begins to ride on said tooth pushing saidslide away from said belt position, said nose on passing from said toothinto said following slot releasing said rocker arm and permitting saidslide-retaining means to restore said slide to said belt position, saidfirst belt coming to rest and said slide being moved to its extremeposition at the instant one of the rows of bottle recesses of one ofsaid cases reaches a position directly under the row of bottles on saidslide, said row of bottles thereupon falling into said bottle recesses.c

JOI-IANN HACK.

